Ask Experts Questions for FREE Help !
Ask
    sevans745's Avatar
    sevans745 Posts: 1, Reputation: 1
    New Member
     
    #1

    Aug 19, 2009, 11:34 AM
    Paternity test and child support
    I am currently married and going through a divorce. I signed the birth certificate for my twins and now she is saying they might not be mine. Will I still be obligated to pay child support for them. I live ain Texas but I am paying child support through Ohio since that's where she lives.
    N0help4u's Avatar
    N0help4u Posts: 19,823, Reputation: 2035
    Uber Member
     
    #2

    Aug 19, 2009, 11:39 AM

    In my state if you sign the birth certificate you are responsible. You could probably go after her for fraud but they may say that you should have ordered a paternity test.

    This is one of the reasons I am for hospitals mandatory testing BEFORE the birth certificate is signed.
    stevetcg's Avatar
    stevetcg Posts: 3,693, Reputation: 353
    Ultra Member
     
    #3

    Aug 19, 2009, 12:41 PM

    Where were the children born?

    In most states, the husband is the legal father until paternity is proven otherwise. This would require the biological father to be found and paternity to be established with him.

    Ohio allows for disestablishment of paternity, so if you are, in fact not the father, child support should be terminated.

    I would contact a lawyer in Ohio to find out how to go about this.

Not your question? Ask your question View similar questions

 

Question Tools Search this Question
Search this Question:

Advanced Search

Add your answer here.


Check out some similar questions!

Paternity Test / Child Support / Custody [ 13 Answers ]

I got pregnant in January of 2005 by a guy I had been with for about 7 months. As soon as I said the word, he demanded I have an abortion and he was out the door. I couldn't go through with the abortion, and I had considered adoption but in the end I couldn't do that either. I had the baby 5 weeks...

Paternity test - Child custody [ 14 Answers ]

I live in Iowa and I was wondering if a biological paternity test matters in child custody if the person signs the birth certificate? A friend of mine is married to a man who she is very unhappy with. She wants to leave him but is afraid of losing custody of her child. If she can prove he is not...

Son had child with girlfriend.had paternity test to be sure [ 5 Answers ]

Hi.. my 21 yr old son has been going through hell... he met this 20 yr old girl from broken home who was living with an abusive boyfriend, and after 3 weeks into their "relationship" she became pregnant... he took her for restraining order & it was granted but she continued to go back to boyfriend...

Child support hearing/paternity [ 5 Answers ]

Yes, could someone familiar with child support hearings please help me out if you can... I have a hearing scheduled for the near future filed by the child's mother and I was just wondering exactly how the proceedings work. For instance, this is an out-of-state case and as I have not spoken to her...

Child Support and paternity [ 26 Answers ]

My husband is not the biological father of his daughter, but he signed the birth certificate. The mother of the child will not let my husband see his daughter, and has recently gone for child support. He refuses and I mean refuses to pay for her. Is there any way to do a paternity test in...


View more questions Search